Haiti's biodiversity threatened by nearly complete loss of primary forest.

abstract：:We investigated the effects of beta-estradiol on the locomotor behavior of female mice in a radial maze. Data comprising the total distance traveled during each arm entry were obtained from video records of six consecutive daily recording sessions. Distributions of these data were bimodal for both ovariectomized contr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Coop AD,Stavarache MA,Pfaff DW,Reeke GN

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-G is the putative natural killer (NK) cell inhibitory ligand expressed on the extravillous cytotrophoblast of the human placenta. Killing of the class I negative human B cell line 721.221 by NK cells is inhibited by the expression of HLA-G. This inhibition is dependent on a high level of HLA-G expression. In the p...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mandelboim O,Pazmany L,Davis DM,Valés-Gómez M,Reyburn HT,Rybalov B,Strominger JL

更新日期：1997-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial tissues mechanically deform the surrounding extracellular matrix during embryonic development, wound repair, and tumor invasion. Ex vivo measurements of such multicellular tractions within three-dimensional (3D) biomaterials could elucidate collective dissemination during disease progression and enable prec...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Leggett SE,Patel M,Valentin TM,Gamboa L,Khoo AS,Williams EK,Franck C,Wong IY

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is an emerging therapeutic target in a number of diseases that have inflammation as a common underlying cause. sEH limits tissue levels of cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxides derived from omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) by converting these antiinflammatory mediators in...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： López-Vicario C,Alcaraz-Quiles J,García-Alonso V,Rius B,Hwang SH,Titos E,Lopategi A,Hammock BD,Arroyo V,Clària J

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:p150(glued) belongs to a group of proteins accumulating at microtubule plus ends (+TIPs). It plays a key role in initiating retrograde transport by recruiting and tethering endosomes and dynein to microtubules. p150(glued) contains an N-terminal microtubule-binding cytoskeleton-associated protein glycine-rich (CAP-Gly...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wang Q,Crevenna AH,Kunze I,Mizuno N

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of antimicrobials is critical in this time of increasing antibiotic resistance of most clinically relevant bacteria. To date, all current antibiotics focus on inhibiting crucial enzymatic activities of their protein targets (i.e., trimethoprim for dihydrofolate reductase), thus disrupting in vitro esse...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Shakhnovich EA,Hung DT,Pierson E,Lee K,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2007-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Simian virus 40 (SV40)-transformed hamster cells were relatively resistant to the lytic effect of activated macrophages from animals with chronic intracellular infections. Conversely, SV40-transformed mouse and rat cells and adenovirus 2-transformed hamster cells were highly susceptible to destruction by tumoricidal a...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cook JL,Hibbs JB Jr,Lewis AM Jr

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the use of laminar flow of liquids in capillary systems to pattern the cell culture substrate, to perform patterned cell deposition, and to pattern the cell culture media. We demonstrate the patterning of the cell culture substrate with different proteins, the patterning of different types of cell...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Takayama S,McDonald JC,Ostuni E,Liang MN,Kenis PJ,Ismagilov RF,Whitesides GM

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic radionuclides, such as the transuranic actinides plutonium, americium, and curium, present severe health threats as contaminants, and understanding the scope of the biochemical interactions involved in actinide transport is instrumental in managing human contamination. Here we show that siderocalin, a mammal...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Allred BE,Rupert PB,Gauny SS,An DD,Ralston CY,Sturzbecher-Hoehne M,Strong RK,Abergel RJ

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In an autoshaping experiment, food-deprived pigeons pecked rapidly at a moving dot that preceded the delivery of food. When the moving dot and food were no longer correlated, the rate of pecking dropped nearly to zero. When, subsequently, no food was given, pecking reappeared at a high rate (nearly 200 pecks per min f...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Epstein R,Skinner BF

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes encoding the variable (V) region of the B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) are assembled from V, D (diversity), and J (joining) elements through a RAG-mediated recombination process that relies on the recognition of recombination signal sequences (RSSs) flanking the individual elements. Secondary V(D)J rearrangem...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sun A,Novobrantseva TI,Coffre M,Hewitt SL,Jensen K,Skok JA,Rajewsky K,Koralov SB

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic mechanisms are involved in the pathophysiology of depressive disorders and are unique potential targets for therapeutic intervention. The acetylating agent L-acetylcarnitine (LAC), a well-tolerated drug, behaves as an antidepressant by the epigenetic regulation of type 2 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu2) recep...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nasca C,Xenos D,Barone Y,Caruso A,Scaccianoce S,Matrisciano F,Battaglia G,Mathé AA,Pittaluga A,Lionetto L,Simmaco M,Nicoletti F

更新日期：2013-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:RelB is an NF-κB family transcription factor activated in the noncanonical pathway downstream of NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) and TNF receptor family members including lymphotoxin-β receptor (LTβR) and CD40. Early analysis suggested that RelB is required for classical dendritic cell (cDC) development based on a severe ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Briseño CG,Gargaro M,Durai V,Davidson JT,Theisen DJ,Anderson DA 3rd,Novack DV,Murphy TL,Murphy KM

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemoglobin oxidation Bohr effect below pH 7 is essentially proportional to the fraction of hemes oxidized, just as the ligation Bohr effect is proportional to fractional heme ligation. The reported nonlinear proton release during oxidation [(1965) J. Biol. Chem. 240, 3317-3324] is shown to be an artifact resulting...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hoffman BM,Bull C

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear structural changes during fertilization and embryogenesis in mice and in sea urchins have been followed by using antibodies against the nuclear lamins A/C and B and against antigens at the periphery of nuclei and chromosomes. Lamins are found on all pronuclei and nuclei during mouse fertilization, but with a d...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Schatten G,Maul GG,Schatten H,Chaly N,Simerly C,Balczon R,Brown DL

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of biological turnover of lignocellulosic biomass in nature is conducted by fungi, which commonly use Family 1 carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) for targeting enzymes to cellulose. Family 1 CBMs are glycosylated, but the effects of glycosylation on CBM function remain unknown. Here, the effects of O-man...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chen L,Drake MR,Resch MG,Greene ER,Himmel ME,Chaffey PK,Beckham GT,Tan Z

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The DEMETER (DME) DNA glycosylase initiates active DNA demethylation via the base-excision repair pathway and is vital for reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana DME-mediated DNA demethylation is preferentially targeted to small, AT-rich, and nucleosome-depleted euchromatic transposable elements, influencing expression ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Park JS,Frost JM,Park K,Ohr H,Park GT,Kim S,Eom H,Lee I,Brooks JS,Fischer RL,Choi Y

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I multimer technology has become an indispensable immunological assay system to dissect antigen-specific cytotoxic CD8(+) T cell responses by flow cytometry. However, the development of high-throughput assay systems, in which T cell responses against a multitude of epitopes...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bakker AH,Hoppes R,Linnemann C,Toebes M,Rodenko B,Berkers CR,Hadrup SR,van Esch WJ,Heemskerk MH,Ovaa H,Schumacher TN

更新日期：2008-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid (AA) has recently been shown to influence various cellular functions in the central nervous system. Here we report that AA increases, in a time- and concentration-dependent manner, 2-deoxy-D-[1-3H]glucose ([3H]2DG) uptake in primary cultures of astrocytes prepared from the cerebral cortex of neonatal ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yu N,Martin JL,Stella N,Magistretti PJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organelles in the axoplasm from the squid giant axon move along exogenous actin filaments toward their barbed ends. An approximately 235-kDa protein, the only band recognized by a pan-myosin antibody in Western blots of isolated axoplasmic organelles, has been previously proposed to be a motor for these movements. Her...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bearer EL,DeGiorgis JA,Jaffe H,Medeiros NA,Reese TS

更新日期：1996-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and the expression of 11 cellular oncogenes (protooncogenes) were analyzed in primary cells from 20 acute lymphocytic (ALL) and 31 acute myelogenous (AML) leukemia patients. Neoplastic cells, obtained prior to initiation of therapy, were purified and classified, on the basis of both surface antigen patte...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mavilio F,Sposi NM,Petrini M,Bottero L,Marinucci M,De Rossi G,Amadori S,Mandelli F,Peschle C

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence and neuroanatomical locations of separate extrastriate visual pathways for object recognition and spatial localization were investigated in healthy young men. Regional cerebral blood flow was measured by positron emission tomography and bolus injections of H2(15)O, while subjects performed face matching,...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Haxby JV,Grady CL,Horwitz B,Ungerleider LG,Mishkin M,Carson RE,Herscovitch P,Schapiro MB,Rapoport SI

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic plants share a common anatomical feature, the haustorium. Haustoria enable both infection and nutrient transfer, which often leads to growth penalties for host plants and yield reduction in crop species. Haustoria also reciprocally transfer substances, such as RNA and proteins, from parasite to host, but the...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Spallek T,Melnyk CW,Wakatake T,Zhang J,Sakamoto Y,Kiba T,Yoshida S,Matsunaga S,Sakakibara H,Shirasu K

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses have been implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis. Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is a neurotropic virus that has been associated with a wide variety of neurologic disorders, including encephalitis, mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, and mu...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Harberts E,Yao K,Wohler JE,Maric D,Ohayon J,Henkin R,Jacobson S

更新日期：2011-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an approach for the detection of magnetic resonance imaging without superconducting magnets and cryogenics: optical atomic magnetometry. This technique possesses a high sensitivity independent of the strength of the static magnetic field, extending the applicability of magnetic resonance imaging to low magne...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Xu S,Yashchuk VV,Donaldson MH,Rochester SM,Budker D,Pines A

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian clock is a global regulatory mechanism that controls the expression of 50 to 80% of transcripts in mammals. Some of the genes controlled by the circadian clock are oncogenes or tumor suppressors. Among these Myc has been the focus of several studies which have investigated the effect of clock genes and p...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liu Z,Selby CP,Yang Y,Lindsey-Boltz LA,Cao X,Eynullazada K,Sancar A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vacuolated lens (vl) mouse mutant causes congenital cataracts and neural tube defects (NTDs), with the NTDs being caused by abnormal neural fold apposition and fusion. Our positional cloning of vl indicates these phenotypes result from a deletion mutation in an uncharacterized orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GP...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Matteson PG,Desai J,Korstanje R,Lazar G,Borsuk TE,Rollins J,Kadambi S,Joseph J,Rahman T,Wink J,Benayed R,Paigen B,Millonig JH

更新日期：2008-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:While cells within tissues generate and sense 3D states of strain, the current understanding of the mechanics of fibrous extracellular matrices (ECMs) stems mainly from uniaxial, biaxial, and shear tests. Here, we demonstrate that the multiaxial deformations of fiber networks in 3D cannot be inferred solely based on t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Ban E,Wang H,Franklin JM,Liphardt JT,Janmey PA,Shenoy VB

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Human plasma has been shown to contain an apolipoprotein that mediates the transport of cholesteryl ester from high density lipoprotein (HDL) to very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) or low density lipoprotein (LDL). This activity, confined to the density greater than 1.063 g/ml interval, has been isolated from HDL and ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chajek T,Fielding CJ

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA) is a 749-amino acid type II integral membrane protein that has been identified recently as the neutral endopeptidase 24.11 [NEP (EC 3.4.24.11)]. Herein, we characterize the organization of the human CALLA/NEP gene and show that it spans more than 80 kilobases (kb...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： D'Adamio L,Shipp MA,Masteller EL,Reinherz EL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00